Shell Petroleum Corp. v. Magnolia Pipe Line Co.

GALLAGHER, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted by appellee, Magnolia Pipe Line Company, a corporation, against appellant, Shell Petroleum Corporation, to recover damages for the breaking of appellee’s pipe line alleged to have resulted from the negligence of appellant, its servants and employees. The damages claimed were the cost of repairing the broken line and the value of the crude oil lost. Appellant alleged that it held a valid oil and gas lease on the land across which appellee’s pipe line was laid and maintained, and that it was in lawful possession of the premises thereunder, and…